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A 50-year-old man died after a shooting on the South Side night late last night.

Police say McKinley Watson, whose last address appears to be at the Clinton Court apartments in
North Linden, fought with someone else while sitting in a vehicle behind 1056 Oakwood Ave. just
minutes before 10 p.m.

Watson was shot inside the vehicle and died a short time later. A male suspect ran from the
scene after the shooting, police said, and no arrests have been made.

This afternoon, police still guarded the home and the crime-scene tape still stretched across
the backyard. Neighbors didn't want to talk.

Public records show that Watson had lived in both Virginia and Texas in recent years.

That fatal shooting was just the beginning of a busy night for Columbus Police. Less then 30
minutes after Watson was shot, officers were called to the scene where four teenagers were hit in
an apparent drive-by shooting, also on the South Side.

Police said two 17-year-old boys, a 17-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy all were hit by the
gunfire. Police did not release their names or the seriousness of their injuries – initial reports
had at least two of them listed as critical – but said all are expected to survive.

Detectives said it all started after two rival groups – police did not identify them as gangs –
squared off during a teen party inside an after-hours club called the After Dark Lounge at 1344
Parsons Ave.

After the fight, the party shut down and everyone had to leave, police said. The group of four
walked southbound and stopped for a traffic light at the intersection of Parsons and Frebis avenues
when a car pulled up beside them and someone fired.

Police said a volley of gunfire was exchanged and, based on the evidence at the scene, it was
clear that the suspects inside the car were not the only ones shooting.

This afternoon, there was still a heavy police presence in several blocks of the neighborhood.
Black and dark red curtains cover the windows of the club where police say it all started and no
one was around it today.